A system designed in the 1970s was supposed to make Alaska’s commercial fishing industry more sustainable and more profitable. But over the last 50 years, it has hollowed out many Indigenous coastal villages where residents no longer can earn a living by harvesting salmon.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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This week we hear about the growth of the kelp and mariculture industry in Kodiak, a new public use cabin near Pasagshak River, an investigation into a long time Kodiak doctor's death, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is considering a limit on short-term rentals, the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is reviewing the Second Floor's license renewal and its transfer license application in relation to local Restaurant or Eating Place Licenses (REPLs), and a story from the Northern Journal about the last skipper in Ouzinkie and the overall limited entry program in Alaska.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Davis Hovey chats with Nick Mangini, who is heavily involved in kelp and mariculture across Southeast Alaska, about the industry’s growth around Kodiak Island over the course of 2024.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KRBD's Jack Darrell reports that the Board of Fish isn't quite ready to open squid fishing in Southeast, The snow crab is starting to flow into Unalaska, according to Maggie Nelson of KUCB, and federal regulators are considering a chum salmon cap in the Bering Sea pollock fishery, story by KUCB's Theo Greenly.
Alaska News
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- ACLU sues city of Anchorage over plans to abate Midtown homeless encampment
- State lawmakers face tough budget choices as faltering oil revenue turns a surplus into a deficit
- No survivors in Bering Air plane crash near Nome with 10 on board
- Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, February 6, 2025
NPR National News
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